related to sustainability. The institute has bachelor’s and master’s degreeprograms in environmental sustainability, health, and safety, as well as a master’s program insustainable systems. Additionally, students can earn a PhD in sustainability, which is aninterdisciplinary program that includes policy and economics along with environmentalassessment [9].Integrating Sustainability into Engineering EducationImplementation of sustainability into curriculum is an ongoing field of research as multiplearising standards and goals adjust what changes are necessary to provide scholars with the toolsnecessary to create meaningful change. One such approach to implementing sustainabilityrevolves around the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals
School Teachers in a Hispanic Serving InstitutionAbstractIn recent years, Texas A&M University Corpus Christi entered into a partnership with theNuclear Power Institute or NPI to attract students into careers in nuclear power and science. Thepartnership naturally involved both student recruitment and curriculum development efforts. As apart of this recruitment effort, a summer workshop was designed and implemented to train,prepare for research, and educate local area high school teachers for the careers in engineering,engineering technology and the nuclear power industry. First, an outreach effort to local areapublic, private high and junior high schools was organized to advertise and promote theworkshop. After a considerable
Engineering at Texas A&M University-Kingsville. Page 15.411.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Development of a Web-Based Self-Teaching and Assessment Module for Chemical Engineering Microchemical SystemsAbstractThe National Science Foundation (NSF) has supported an undergraduate curriculum reformproject in chemical engineering with an overall objective of developing a web-based educationalresource for teaching and learning. One aspect involves the development of InterlinkedCurriculum Components (ICC’s). These are web-based learning sites that aim to strengthenstudent knowledge in the fundamental
Paper ID #37657Early Engagement and Vertically-Integrated Learning:Developing Whole-Person and Entrepreneurially-MindedEngineersEllen Zerbe (Postdoctoral Fellow) Ellen Zerbe is a postdoctoral fellow with the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Georgia Tech where she is working on curriculum development and innovation. She earned her doctorate from Penn State University where she studied engineering graduate student attrition, writing, and thriving.Adjo A Amekudzi-kennedy (Professor) Professor Amekudzi-Kennedy studies systems problems on the integrated built, natural, social and information
concepts. The topics covered in many of theengineering education teacher professional development efforts span the spectrum ofengineering 3, 4. However, for the most part these endeavors have focused on high schoolteachers or teachers of engineering curriculum. Thus, there is a need to determine if using thecontext of engineering is effective for preparing a greater diversity of teachers to teach a rangeof STEM content, enhancing their STEM knowledge, and their perceptions of their STEMpedagogy. Of particular interest, is the effectiveness of using materials science engineering toenhance elementary, middle and junior high teachers’ preparation to teach concepts associatedwith science and mathematics. In our search of the literature we exposed
and high school students with racially minoritized backgrounds, theCatalyzing Inclusive STEM Experiences All Year Round (CISTEME365) initiative aimsto better understand practices that increase students' motivation and capacities in pursuitof careers in STEM fields. Overall, the project aims to develop transformative paradigmsfor advancing interests, self-efficacy, abilities, and pathways in STEM with a set of threeinterconnected strategies. • School-based teams of classroom teachers and academic advisors participate in year-round professional learning experiences focused on diversity, equity, and inclusion in STEM, as well as a project-based electrical engineering curriculum. • Participating schools receive resources and
coordinator for General Chemistry with Application to Biosys- tems in the Multidisciplinary Engineering Foundation Spiral Curriculum and is the Tagliatela College of Engineering Liaison for the Engineering and Science University Magnet School.Ms. Stefanie R. Bunyea, MacDermid Enthone c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Development and Implementation of Problem Based Chemistry Experiments for Engineering Students in a Multi-Disciplinary CourseAbstractThis paper will describe the implementation and continuing development of five problem basedlaboratory experiments in a general chemistry course designed specifically for multipledisciplines of
Developing a Joint/Dual Program and Its Impact on Underrepresented Engineering Students Ardie D. Walser, Mohammad Karim The School of Engineering of The City College of The City University of New York 140th St. & Convent Avenue New York, New York 10031 AbstractThe City College of New York, one of 17 public undergraduate colleges in The CityUniversity of New York (CUNY), is the only campus with a school of engineering. As anurban institution of higher learning, one of the School’s missions is to provide educationto a highly diverse student body, including traditionally
social context, students are left ill-prepared torecognize and address challenging ethical questions and issues they will encounter in their futureengineering careers. Alternatively, aerospace engineering curricula should support thedevelopment of the critical consciousness (see [9]) required to reflect on the social impact of thefield and students’ present and future roles within it. We are addressing this pressing need withintegrated curriculum development research initiatives. Our multi-institutional team is composedof aerospace and engineering education research faculty, graduate students in engineeringeducation, undergraduate students in engineering, and practitioners in the aerospace industry.This paper highlights the results thus far and
ETD 335Developing an Advanced Manufacturing Course for Mechanical Engineering and Mechanical Engineering Technology B.S. Programs Mauricio Torres and Ying Shang Indiana Institute of TechnologyAbstractThis paper discusses the development of a contemporary advanced manufacturing course to beoffered into the B.S. in Mechanical Engineering (BSME) and the B.S. in MechanicalEngineering Technology (BSMET) programs to meet the needs of Northeast Indiana industry.Details will be provided on the curriculum design, indicating how this new course will providestudents with basic understanding
Paper ID #40671Advancing Inclusion: A Professional Development Series for Faculty at aHispanic Serving InstitutionDr. Dianne Delima, University of California, Irvine Dr. Dianne G. Delima is the Project Policy Analyst for The Institute for Meaningful Engagement (TIME). Dr. Delima received her doctorate in Higher and Postsecondary Education at Teachers College, Columbia University, where she focused on the learning experiences of first-generation college-going students of color and faculty members’ use of a funds of knowledge approach for teaching in college classrooms. Her research has been published in College Teaching and
the United States. Strategic partnerships in key geographic areaswill help underrepresented and unemployed populations advance their skills and training tobecome eligible for high-wage, high-demand positions in reconfigurable electronics systems.The participating universities and community colleges serve large minority populations(Hispanic, Native Americans, and African-American) in the Southwest and Southeast regions ofthe United States.To expand their capacities and create a sustainable educational system for developing electronicstechnicians, partner institutions will be equipped with reconfigurable electronics laboratoriesdedicated to delivering curriculum, professional development, and outreach activities that willdraw high school
AC 2009-1027: THE DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF ANANOTECHNOLOGY MODULE INTO A LARGE, FRESHMAN ENGINEERINGCOURSEVinod Lohani, Virginia Tech Vinod K Lohani is an associate professor in the Engineering Education Department and an adjunct faculty in the Civil and Environmental Engineering at Virginia Tech. He received a PhD in civil engineering from Virginia Tech in 1995. His research interests are in the areas of knowledge modeling, water and energy sustainability, engineering learning modules for freshmen, and international collaboration. He leads a major curriculum reform project, funded under the department-level reform program of the NSF, at Virginia Tech. A spiral curriculum approach
essential skills in market research, financial forecasting, and innovation,ensuring they can connect theory to practice in ways that benefit both society and the economy.The development of this program required collaboration across a variety of disciplines in threeacademic units: (i) engineering and computer science; (ii) arts, humanities, and sciences, and (iii)business. It was led by a Faculty Advisory Board and coordinated with the Office of EnrollmentStrategy, as well as the Curriculum Committees and Deans of each of the three academic units.While there have been recent efforts at University of the Pacific to develop interdisciplinaryprograms, including in data science and sustainability, it has historically maintained a strongfocus on
. Figure 2 Illustration of program curriculum technical domain areas and related skills Introduction to Computer Science Principles – This course aligns with the Advanced PlacementComputer Science Principles (AP CSP) exam and employs curriculum from Code.org [11]. Thisapproach was chosen because of the quality of the curriculum, its consistency with the overallgoals of our program, and its ease of implementation. The AP CSP course is a good entry pointfor students without any programming background and provides exposure to concepts relevant toa broad range of careers including everything from IT support technician to electrical engineer tosoftware developer. Students learn about topics such as how information is encoded andtransmitted, the
Smart Cities Technology with a focus on transportation. His primary focus is developing curriculum, mentoring students, and engineering education research, particularly for project-based cur- riculum, first-year engineering, and transportation. He is active in the American Society for Engineering Education and is the Webmaster for the ASEE First-Year Programs Division and the First-Year Engi- neering Experience Conference. He is affiliated withthe Transportation Engineering program in the NYU Civil and Urban Engineering Department. He is the advisor for NYU student chapter of the Institute for Transportation Engineers. American c Society for Engineering
include housing, alternative technology, issues related to international construction, and construction education. He teaches Environmental Control Systems at an undergraduate level and International Construction at a graduate level. Dr. Choudhury is also a Fulbright scholar. Page 11.473.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 Development of an Undergraduate Program for Construction Education in Bangladesh using General Linear ModelAbstractThe purpose of the study is to develop an undergraduate curriculum for construction education inBangladesh. A standard Likert style survey instrument was
development module improved each year, theprogram coordinators thought that they could do better. In particular, teachers requested moreapplications and classroom strategies than statistics. In the fourth WI, a new approach to thegender equity presentation was taken by enlisting three Ph.D. science education majors and onePh.D. education policy and leadership major. These four students all had recent and extensiveexperience in teaching K-12 science, thus had a natural understanding and empathy of the needsand everyday challenges of the teachers and counselors in the WI program.The training was organized around practical applications of gender equity in curriculum,instruction, and classroom climate. The PhD student team used expert teaching methods to
developed as part of the research study to measure teachers’understanding of the four engineering concepts featured in the project. Understanding of scienceconcepts is measured through existing instruments used by each lead trainer in relation to adiscipline-specific curriculum. The Stages of Concern Questionnaire has been used to documentteachers’ feelings about infusion15. A key component of the design consists of a comparativeanalysis of two disciplinary areas of science: life science and physical science.A longitudinal design has been utilized to document the effectiveness of the program over time.Pre data were collected for all measures at the beginning of the professional development insummer 2012. Short-term impact data were collected on
Programs in Response to Economic Development Based on High Tech thatinvolves all stakeholders (government, academia and the private sector). At the undergraduatelevel, the goal of the biotech program is to prepare professionals capable of developing andadvancing the biotechnology field contributing to the social-economical development of PuertoRico. To achieve this goal its strategic plan focuses on 6 major tasks: curriculum, research,industry/government partnerships, dissemination and assessment. This unique andinterdisciplinary program involves close collaboration with industrial partners, formal courses aswell as research and industry experience. The PhD Program being developed also focuses onindustrial partnerships as a key element with the
third of the curriculum is engineering technology courses that are deigned by aCurriculum Development Team. The Team is composed of engineering, manufacturing,and human resource personnel from the company and VTC faculty. Team sizes haveranged from five members to seven. Once the courses have been selected by the Team, a Page 6.351.1VTC faculty member from the appropriate discipline (electronics, telecommunications, Proceeding of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright 2000, American Society for Engineering Educationmechanical engineering, etc.) modifies the courses to
criteria is more likely to occur in a stepwise manner than as acountrywide revolution in engineering education. The purpose of this paper is to present a viable first step whereby an engineering curriculum can build bridges betweenexisting courses to give students a more comprehensive experience with the soft issues of engineering education. Thebridges are built through the incorporation of intra-disciplinary design projects. The intra-disciplinary design projects presented in this paper involve the collaboration of two independent, upperdivision, engineering courses on a single design project. These projects are pursued to realize several results. Firstly, theprojects are designed to develop a collaborative project environment where
using students todevelop engineering laboratories. However, their scope of implementation is limited tolaboratory development. The L-T-T concept has been implemented with success by educatorsfrom North Carolina A&T State University (Pai et. al. 1999). They designed a verticallyintegrated learning experience, where experienced (upper-level class) students can assist less-experienced (lower-level class) students how to use progressively more sophisticated softwarepackages throughout the curriculum. We would like to combine their experience to include thelearning through teaching component in our class and laboratory practice. Students will beasked to be involved in the laboratory preparation as well as participation in the actual teachingto
storage engineers and technicians. Thispaper presents the collaboration between university and community colleges to create anadvanced energy storage curriculum; setup an industrial-based energy storage laboratory;develop and deliver a short course for on-site training of engineers, technologists, and collegeinstructors working in the alternative energy and advanced automotive propulsion fields; developand deliver a series of workshops and seminars for K-12 science teachers, corporate partners,energy and automotive professionals; and provide transfer student advising by university faculty.1. IntroductionThe growing demand for energy and the increasing concerns about man-made climate changeshave called for clean and sustainable energy development
solverswhile also gaining content knowledge12,13.For students to engage in argumentation, teachers must provide a curriculum that incorporatessuch skills using hands-on, student-centered pedagogies that allow students to experience andconstruct an understanding of argumentation14. People learn through experiences and socialinteractions15. Therefore, providing students with opportunities to observe and practiceargumentation may help students develop skills that are needed to become capable STEMprofessionals.The goal of this paper is to gain insight for teachers and researchers who are interested inexploring how argumentation can be used to support STEM content. This paper explores howteachers incorporate argumentation into their lessons when they are
, the Maryland Coordinator and content experts trained and collaborated with theircounterparts from eight PLTW Affiliate Universities across the country, gathering input andfeedback on lesson plans, assessments, and frequency of training. As changes were made in thePLTW curriculum, materials were developed for new subject matter, including a new digitalelectronics platform.The full day training sessions, which reinforce and build on knowledge gained during PLTWsummer core training programs, are designed to build teacher confidence and to make thembetter instructors. Learning a new software package or technical material such as AutodeskInventor, VEX with ROBOTC, Autodesk Revit, digital electronics or civil engineering topics inan intensive two
Information Technology two of themost ubiquitous STEM fields in the 21 st century. No matter the discipline area, it is clear fromlooking at workplace trends that students’ studies and professional development would benefitfrom exposure to, and comfort with, computing skills such as programming, and increasedfacility in computational thinking. Introducing a broader range of students to coding andcomputational thinking practices has been used as a strategy for broadening participation incomputing (BPC) [1, 2]. There have been numerous calls to bring computational thinking intothe general K-12 curriculum to both improve computational literacy in the next generation andenhance general education (e.g., [3, 4]). A recommended approach to teachers
team. The modelcan be seen to have four major parts: 1. defining program mission, objectives, and outcomes; 2. developing an assessment plan to assess the program objectives and outcomes with linkages to curriculum issues and implementation; 3. gathering the data into a database; and 4. interpreting the data to determine program effectiveness and implementing program improvements.Each of the four major parts of Figure 1 is explained in more detail below. 1 UNC System Mission & Goals Electronic Assessment Database NCSU
EET curriculum, the EET minor was also revised to introduce more courseoptions, and the newly developed Introduction to Smart Grids course is currently one of thepossible minor course choices. In addition to the EET program, the new smart grids course wasalso added as an option for the interdisciplinary minor of Energy Engineering offered by theCollege of Engineering. While the updated curriculum with new concentrations and newly developed courses isstill in transition, with a large group of students still on the old model, students appreciate themore specialized choices for concentrations. This was noted in student opinion surveys, studentsexit surveys, and through advising talks, when students get the chance to express their
, a single kit was developed to be purchasedby students upon entering the ME major, with all the components needed for subsequent requiredcourses. Meanwhile, an online repository with sample code, descriptions of components, andtutorials was compiled [4]. This online repository can enable cross-curricular learning, allowingstudents to link knowledge from different courses. Faculty teaching ME courses can use thesesources as supplements for their teaching material—easily implementing hands-on assignmentsthat reinforce theoretical concepts in the course. We formally assessed the use of these kits andonline repository using a pre-post semester survey of students. To capture how the kits impactstudent learning objectives across the curriculum